Subj : Re: Hey Tyler - MythTV To : alt.tv.farscape From : Rick Savoia Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 09:40:08 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Tyler Trafford wrote in news:3ptriuFc1f2nU1 @individual.net: > Rick Savoia wrote: >> Tyler Trafford wrote: >>> Rick Savoia wrote: >>>> Tyler Trafford wrote: >>>>> Rick Savoia wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey Tyler, >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you have a MythTV box? >>>>> >>>>> Yep. Need help with anything? >>>> >>>> I'm getting started with one. Can you stream Live TV with it? >>> >>> Yep. I've watched live TV on my laptop with Myth. >>> >>>> My PC has Snapstream and you can stream live TV but only if you have >>>> a software encoder and I have a hardware encoder. >>> >>> Myth doesn't care where the video came from once it has it buffered. >>> AFAICT. >>> >>>> I am building a new machine though and was going to go linux/mythTV. >>> >>> What encoder card(s) were you planning on getting? >> >> I'd probably stick with the Hauppauge series. It's been pretty >> stable. Got a recommendation? > > For encoding only, there's the PVR250, PVR150, PVR150MCE and the PVR500. > > The PVR250 is becoming rare and is (supposedly, I've never used one) > better quality than the newer 150. It's also more expensive than the > 150. The PVR250 is a great card. Works very well and has great quality. > > The difference between the 150 and the 150MCE is that the MCE doesn't > come with a remote, but has a radio tuner and has RCA jacks instead of a > single headphone-style jack for audio (for svideo or composite input). See, now I hate when they do that. Can't they put all options on a card? Although, the remote isn't really necessary. The remote I got with the Hauppauge MediaMVP works with the cards as well. > > The PVR500 is two 150MCEs on a single card. > > If you only need one tuner, the 150MCE is probably the way to go. > > They all work with the IVTV drivers at www.ivtvdriver.org. Thanks. I'll keep you updated on my progress (when I get moving on this!). -- "I'm just very selective about the reality I accept." - Calvin .